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THIRD CABLE CUT (5#) -

# Another undersea telecom cable has been cut, this one
is in the Arabian Gulf about 50 kilometers off Dubai.

"I own an internet cafe in Sharjah
and from the morning I have not made
a single penny." --Hisham, Sharjah, UAE.

# The extent of the damaging effects
is not yet clear in the Gulf states because
Friday is not a working day in the region.

# *Omar Sultan, chief executive of Dubai's IPS DU, said the incident was "very unusual." He said it wasn't known how the underwater FLAG FALCON cable, stretching between the United Arab Emirates and Oman, had been damaged.*

# Revenge of militant dolphins
blamed for underwater internet
cable sabotage. [TheSpoof]

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